Henry Nock (1741–1804) was a British inventor and engineer of the Napoleonic period, best known as a gunmaker. Nock produced many innovative weapons including...
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was invented by British engineer James Wilson in 1779, and named after Henry Nock, the London-based armaments manufacturer contracted to build the gun....
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as a manufacturer of guns made in Shotley Bridge in County Durham, by Henry Nock in London in 1772. Besides guns, the company has also produced swords...
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the bowstring Nock (arrow), in an arrow, the notch in the fletched (feathered) end of the arrow, for engaging the bowstring Henry Nock (1741–1804), British...
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James Wilson in 1779 and manufactured by Henry Nock for use through the Napoleonic Wars. Five hundred Nock guns were produced for the Royal Navy intended...
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Albert Jay Nock (October 13, 1870 – August 19, 1945) was an American libertarian author, editor first of The Freeman and then The Nation, educational theorist...
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Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge Country Year Nock gun Henry Nock .46 inches (12 mm) United Kingdom 1779 TP-82 Cosmonaut survival pistol 5.45×39mm 12...
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Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best...
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commission pistols from London gunsmiths such as Joseph Manton, Robert Wogdon, Henry Nock and Durs Egg until the mid 19th century. Light cavalry of the early modern...
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design of the Baker rifle in 1800. Baker was apprenticed to gunsmith Henry Nock and opened a gunshop of his own at 24 Whitechapel Road, London in 1775...
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master Lluis Calisto, contracted expressly. 1766. Esquilache Riots 1772. Henry Nock was the founder of a gun-making company. He bequeathed to his manager...
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Arthur Darby Nock (21 February 1902 – 11 January 1963) was an English classicist and theologian, regarded as a leading scholar in the history of religion...
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Biography, s.v. "George, Henry," 213. Nock, Albert Jay. Henry George: Unorthodox American, Part IV Jurgen G. Backhaus, "Henry George's Ingenious Tax: A...
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Champ (2018), p. 321. Nock (1980), p. 120. Nock (1983), p. 234. Nock (1980). Nock (1980), pp. 121–2. Nock (1980), p. 127. Nock (1980), p. 124. le Fleming...
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"Report to Board of Trade". Nock & Cooper 1987, pp. 25–27. Rolt & Kichenside 1982, p. 142. Nock & Cooper 1987, pp. 28–30. Nock & Cooper 1987, pp. 32–39....
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Railway; and Henry Booth Nock, O. S. Booth's father Thomas had been an original member of the L&M project original provisional committee in 1822. Henry later...
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007 Legends (2012). In 2014, he played the fictional character, Detective Nock, in The Imitation Game based loosely on the biography Alan Turing:The Enigma...
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(4249), 16th/5th Lancers, Royal Armoured Corps. Lieutenant-Colonel James Henry Nock, Fifeshire Home Guard. Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Besley Pasmore, TD...
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Henry Stuart Hazlitt (/ˈhæzlɪt/; November 28, 1894 – July 9, 1993) was an American journalist who wrote about business and economics for such publications...
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published Russell Kirk's The Conservative Mind, as well as books by Albert Jay Nock, James J. Kilpatrick, and James Burnham. He also published paperback editions...
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Enemy, the State is the best-known book by libertarian author Albert Jay Nock, serving as a fundamental influence for the modern libertarian and American...
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McClure Press. p. 28. Nock III, Floyd (1976). Drummondtown: Accomac Court House, Virginia. Verona, VA: McClure Press. p. 7. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin...
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PlayStation LifeStyle. Retrieved 2023-09-18. Romano, Sal (2023-02-21). "Nock coming to PS VR2 in March". Gematsu. Retrieved 2023-04-18. "Not for Broadcast:...
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string and to provide a thickness which helps hold the nock (hazu (筈/弭, lit. '[Japanese arrow] nock/notch') of the arrow, a ya (矢, lit. '[Japanese] arrow')...
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founding mothers of the American libertarian movement. Writer Albert Jay Nock wrote that Lane and Paterson's nonfiction works were "the only intelligible...
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Building Up. Nock 1958, Chapter X The Aftermath. Nock 1958, p. 47. Nock 1958, p. 48. Nock 1958, pp. 23, 26, 33, 36–37. Nock 1958, p. 33. Nock 1958, pp. 34–35...
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include real estate investment banking firm Sonnenblick Goldman, Semco, Alston Nock. On February 24, 2015, it was confirmed that Exor SpA had approved management's...
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Frank Chodorov (section Henry George School)
brains out, which I might have done if I had not had Albert Jay Nock by my side." Nock had weathered similar "war fever" during World War I when as editor...
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classical liberalism, which [Albert Jay Nock and Francis Nielson] were afraid was being lost, and for the economics of Henry George, which both men shared." Norris...
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injured. Nock 1977, p. 82 Nock 1977, p. 33 Nock 1977, p. 77 Nock 1977, p. 42 Nock 1977, p. 43 Nock 1977, p. 54 Nock 1977, p. 75 Nock 1977, p. 76 Nock 1977...
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